SaltWire Network names Nova Scotia regional president

SYDNEY, N.S. - The SaltWire Network has named its first regional president for Nova Scotia.

The owner of the Cape Breton Post has appointed former vice-president and general manager of CTV Atlantic, Mike Elgie, to the position.

Based out of Halifax, he will be in charge of managing all of the company’s daily, weekly and online publications in the province.

Elgie has been with the company since the summer when he took on the role of chief revenue officer. He will remain in that role when he takes on his new duties, said Mark Lever, chief executive officer of SaltWire Network.

In a memo to staff on Monday, Lever said Elgie is “a senior leader with a track record of developing great teams, supporting communities and bringing innovative approaches to the media industry.”

Elgie served as the GM for CTV Atlantic for 18 years before joining the SaltWire Network, which comprises 35 print and online properties, including the flagship publication, the Chronicle Herald, across the four Atlantic provinces.

Elgie is also heavily involved in charitable work, currently sitting as a board member of several organizations including the Canadian Children’s Hospital Foundation, the IWK Heath Centre Foundation board of trustees and as chair of the Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia.

The SaltWire Network was created in April when it purchased 27 print and one online publication from Montreal-based TC Media.

Lever announced last month David MacKenzie, a former deputy minister of tourism and culture in Prince Edward Island, as the regional president for that province.

The announcement of the regional president for Newfoundland and Labrador is still pending.

The creation of three regional presidents was made to reinstate local, on-the-ground leadership that would return the day-to-day management of the publications back to the community, according to Lever.